anniversary of d-day when allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy in northern france and turned the tide of world war ii, the beginning of the end for adolf hitler and nazi germany, thousands more would die in the bloody slog across the continent but the allies would ultimately liberate europe from the grips of fascism one year later. to all who fought and died for freedom, thank you, thank you, thank you. erin burnett, "outfront," starts right now. "outfront" next, a deal on guns may be within reach, a crucial bipartisan senate meeting taking place as i speak. one lawmaker telling cnn there could be something by tonight but the last minute changes here raise a lot of questions, comes after at least 13 mass shootings over the weekend in the u.s., plus fears the black sea is the next front of putin's war as he tries to crush ukraine.

ukraine says it's taken out a top russian general. so who is really winning the war tonight? and a game changer, 14 patients all with cancer given the same drug and every single one in remission. let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, momentum, a very small group of senators, two democrats and two republicans are meeting tonight, and apparently are on the cusp of something when it comes to an agreement on gun laws, an agreement that can get 60 votes in the senate they say, news from senator john cornern the republican in the group, chris murphy who is also in tonight's meeting telling cbs news my goal is to have an agreement by the end of this week. look, it's been years of nothing, decades of nothing, but it appears that some sort of momentum may be building in washington. a key red state senator says he's open to a number of pro poepzales including raising the age to buy a semi automatic to 21 and what may surprise one

opened to a ban on assault weapons all together. >> would you support a ban? >> it depends how they would approach it, sure, i'm open to anything that makes gun sense. >> okay. this is very significant. right. senator manchin of course is a crucial vote and i'm not saying it for that reason, i'm saying it because he hasn't gone this far before. he's one of the most conservative democrats in the senate, obviously a gun owner and a state that supports gun rights so for him to say those things is important. however, whether a deal goes as far as what he just said, you know, raising to 21, for example, is yet to be seen. these negotiations, though, are taking place, after another weekend of chaos and carnage, at least 13 mass shootings taking place across the united states. we've marked every single one of them on the map. 17 people dead. 72, at least, injured. at the rate the united states is going, the u.s. is easily on track to pass the record for mass shootings in a year which

was 692. already well past one a day on average for this year. the latest shootings were at, you know, just places people live their regular lives, graduation party, a night club, popular entertainment district and strip maul. all of them, mass shootings this weekend. in philadelphia, urgent manhunt under way for one of the alleged gunman, police say a brawl of tleep men turned into a scene of terror then 3 other were did, and gunshots outside a night club, two people killed, four injures, two of the latest massacres after the rob elementary shooting in texas and buffalo. and those lawmakers meeting to make a deal on guns is literally happening as we speak, let's go to capitol hill and manu raju, a small group but two important republicans, two important democrats and say they're trying to do something they can get a

filibuster-proof vote, 60 votes obviously would be very significant but where is it at this time? >> reporter: there's optimism but no deal yet, still uncertain whether a deal can be had that passes the united states senate, you mention raising the age from 18 to 21 to purchase the semi automatic rifles, i think the two senators, cornin of texas and tom, of north carolina, both signalled it would not be a single package, saying it's controversial, a 2 to 1 panel, saying it's unconstitutional to ban fire arms for 18 to 21-year-olds, even though it has not been ruled out by the supreme court, but cornin focused on another issue, looking at juvenile records for gun purchasers, trying to expand the background check to see

access juvenile records to determine if someone can purchase a firearm, 18 to 20-year-old purchase a semi automatic rifle, could lead to a waiting period of sorts for that individual, that individual could have the right to appeal or expedite that time frame, these are the questions they're sorting out now behind the scenes, not just this but dealing with potential red flag laws at the state level, as well as mental health issues, school security issues, gun trafficking issues, to prohibit those purchasing of weapons between state lines. those are the kind of difficult issue that is senators are now just figuring out whether they can actually come to any agreement on because erin, last week they were on recess. they're back in session this week and the democratic leaders are signaling they want a deal this week, otherwise they believe it's time to move on with this issue because they say a deal won't be reachable if one is not within, possible by the end of the week. so erin, a lot of questions tonight but right now, the

moment appears restricting access to those semi automatic rifles for 18 to 20-year-olds probably will not be part of this final proposal. >> all right, thank you very much, manu. so the negotiations on capitol hill come in the wake of at least 13 shootings across the country this weekend, alexandra field is "outfront." >> reporter: a suspect now in custody and in the hospital injured by a police bullet and a warrant now out for the arrest of a second shooting suspect, following a mass shooting in a busy nightlife area of down it happen down philadelphia. >> there were so many people if you see the video, just so much going on, and people trying to render aid and victims being moved around. >> reporter: say several individualed pulled guns after a fight started saturday night, a ghost gun with extended magazine left behind. 11 people injured, three people died including a third suspected shooter. >> a horrendous and unthinkable

act happened in a very popular local and tourist hang-out. >> reporter: among the victims, christopher minners, a resident adviser out celebrating his 21st birthday. district leaders say it's time for real action. >> we have come to the point where any legislature who is accepting donations, directly or indirectly from the gun lobby belongs out of office. >> reporter: across america, mass shootings at night clubs and m malls, graduation parties and funerals over a single weekend. >> we'll do as mayors what we can do to keep our people safe but could use help at the federal level. >> reporter: the mayor urging lawmakers to act after a shooting left 14 injured and many killed in the shooting. >> it was going to be a long hot summer. >> reporter: since friday, 10 mass shootings in nine different

states claiming the lives of more than a dozen people and leaving 60 more wounded. in summerton, south carolina, seven people injured, one killed at graduation party, fooings, strip maul, 14-year-old girl died. these are the latest of the 246 mass shootings in america this year. that's the same startling numbers as this time last year, according to the gun violence archive, but a big jump from 2020 and 2019. the endless grief, the shattered sense of peace and unshakeable horrors seen in recent weeks from buffalo to uvalde, bringing the national conversation over guns to a fever pitch. >> i'm more confident than ever that we're going to get there, but i'm also more anxious about failure this time around. >> reporter: erin, here in philadelphia, officials pointed out today two of the suspects did have license to see carry

firearms. they also say there are certainly more charges to come. there have been no murder charges at this point, they say that investigation is on going with police and prosecutors both pouring over videos collected from a two-block long crime scene. erin. >> all right, alexandra field, thank you very much, on the scene in philadelphia. senator blumenthal, i understand talks are going on as we speak and time is of the essence, a window of time something is accomplished or put aside again. how close are you to a deal tonight? >> i'm very hopeful, erin, and thanks for having me. because we've never seen this many senators, republican senators come to the table. i think they have been impacted by the shock of what's happening in buffalo and uvalde but also they're hearing the american people say to them as my constituents in connecticut have said to me again and again over

these past days, please, do something. and i think it's kwquite a prophetic time for them. they realize they will be held accountable and many colleagues will be if they don't do something real and meaningful. not just face-saving or window dressing but real progress . >> so manu was talking about some of the things under discussion, talking about maybe a waiting period of two to three weeks, checking juvenile record. obviously, those are changes and those would, you know, be something to do. that, they've been clear though on the republican side, for example, right now, that they would not raise the age to 21. citing that they don't think it's constitutional, obviously we all understand rent ial car ages are higher than that, pistol ages higher than that, that may be true, but is that off the table now raising the age of purchase to 21? >> i hope it isn't off the table because i would like to see that

kind of provision pass, i'm in favor of banning assault weapons but we need 60 votes . we've also seen that in the past and i've been involved in a lot of past efforts, these talks have flounderred on the rocks of g gun lobby opposition and my republican colleagues will have to stand up to that opposition now with measures that can get 60 votes, that's the key criteria. core components seem to be mental health, expanded efforts there, school security, better support for local school districts, but also, very, very importantly, red flag laws. separating people from guns when they are dangerous, imminently threatening to themselves or others. more than half of all gun deaths are suicides. and then, of course, a better background check program. those components are the key ones right now and we're seeking to add more and also to find them in a way that really makes

them meaningful. >> that's a question i have on a red flag law, right, i know you point out what happened in uvalde, what happened in buffalo, what happened in sandy hook. right? had there been an ability for someone to raise their hand and say there's a problem with this person, we may have had some alerts but that's very different than there being a codified law resulting in the hand being raised saying the person can't buy a gun. do you feel you're getting there? >> i feel we are moving into that direction, the goal is keep the guns out of hands of dangerous people, whether through background checks or red flag laws. i've been working on a law for about 3 1/2 years, really have gotten to a point where it is truly one of the consensus points but we still have some of the details to resolve. >> and you keep emphasizing the 60 vote threshold, that is crucial, right, what this is going to require. obviously, you got senator manchin on the democratic side

on board with all of this, seems to be on board even with 21 but that appears off the table from the republican side. are you giving the full guarantees from your republican counterparts that whatever is agreed to in that room with two republican senators will get you to that 60 vote threshold? >> there are no guarantees in the united states senate, but if five republicans will agree with five democrats to adopt common sense, sensible measures that will help save lives, that's the key measure of success here. we can build on whatever we do here. a lot of us are going to think it doesn't go far enough, but it is a beginning and we can build on it in the future, creating the opportunity, but also showing republicans that there is no political, in effect, self destruction, resulting from being on the side of 90% of the american people. >> all right, senator blumenthal, appreciate your time. thank you very much, senator joining us as those talks as i

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tonight justice department charges head of proud boys along with four other leaders of the far right group with seditious conspiracy related to the insurrection. accused of intimidating members of congress in the hope they would flee the capitol and not certify the 2020 election, put all of this in the context it's important to do, these are the most aggressive charges filed yet against that group and evan perez is "outfront," obviously, that is important, this is as strident as it has gotten what more are you learning about these charges against the proud boys? >> well, erin, according to prosecutors the reason for bringing these charges they say they can make the connection obviously this is an armed group that engaged in violence january 6th, but beyond that, were organizing and trying to stop

the presidential, the peaceful presidential transfer of power and that's what brings us into another realm according to prosecutors, new charges against not only the top lead or chairman of the proud boys, but also four other leaders of the group and one of the interesting things you see in the court documents filed by prosecutors, you can get a sense of the cooperation they're getting from some members of the proud boys. clearly, there are people that have shared some of the text messages. you can see also the product of at least one other proud boy leader who recently pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. so what that means is now prosecutors are using some of the text messages, their internal discussions against these leaders of the proud boys, erin. >> so in terms of the hearings that we're now going to see, the public hearings that are going to start, finally from the

january 6th committee, former president james goldan producing those, met with condemn nation from republicans what will he exactly be doing. >> i think part of the challenge for this committee a year and a half after the great scenes of violence we saw on january 6th, is to try to make this relevant again to american audiences, to people dealing with, you know, inflation and other things in their lives and i think one of the things bringing in a tv executive could do is try to make this compelling television. believe it or not, that is part of what this committee needs to do to translate what happened on january 6th was not just a riot but an assault on american democracy and they're going to use some of hopefully what they think is going to be compelling witness testimony from people inside the administration, people who worked for vice-president pence's office, people who worked in the white house, who, again, will draw a

picture for americans that what happened on january 6th, so not just a spontaneous thing, but something that was organized and that, you know, essentially took root inside the trump white house. >> all right, evan, thank you very much. and next, ukrainie, taking out top russian general while a former nato commander warns the next front of putin's war is the black sea, which would make ukraine a land-locked country, devastating to its existence. who has the upper hand tonight? plus the target of the shooting in tulsa, dr. phillips performed back surgery on the villain just days before the attack, and tonight, his long time friend speaks out. of another heart attack by 31%. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimenen.

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launched multiple guided missiles from the black sea to hit targets across the country and made no secret of its goal to render the country land-locked of course would be devastating to its existence. on the other side, ukraine saying they have made gains against russia including killing another russian general adding that roman kutosav was killed during fighting in the donbas in eastern ukraine. ukrainian forces also reporting they reclaimed territory in the key city of severodonetsk, fighting there so intense a top regional official says the situation is changing every hour so hard to know exactly what's happening. all as head of the iaea warns there is a clear and present risk to ukraine's largest power plant, the largest in europe that russian forces seized control of. matthew chance is "outfront" in ukraine and matthew, even with all of the fighting and shelling initially, at the zaporizhzhia power plant, the iaea refrained from the language they're using now. this is incredibly strong language that they are warning about. how concerning is this?

>> reporter: yeah, well the iaea obviously getting very frustrated that they haven't been able to secure access to that power plant and of course, that alarm is shared by the ukrainians as well, they're one of the biggest operators of nuclear power plants in the world, i think the seventh biggest and expressed concern from the outset of this conflict with russia about the way that nuclear power facilities have been jeopardized, of course, russia initially took over the chernobyl site, kicking up radioactive material that had laid settled there for decades and you mentioned when they took over the zaporizhzhia plant, they attacked the compound as well, bringing the conflict in very close proximity to that nuclear power station and, you know, threatening a much bigger sort of catastrophe and just yesterday, video emerged of a russian cruise missile traveling at very low altitude, just above

a nuclear power plant, a short distance from here in mykolayiv in the south of ukraine. so there is a lot of concern being expressed in ukraine and internationally as well, at the way in which nuclear infrastructure in this country is being jeopardized, threatened, by this on going conflict, erin. >> all right, thank you very much, matthew chance. in southern ukraine. "outfront" now, evelyn pharkas, assist deputy secretary for russia, as well as brigadier general peter zwack, let be start with you, here we are, saying a clear and present risk to that zaporizhzhia power plant, i should note the waste there is stored in nonreinforced containers stored above ground, largest nuclear power plant in

euro europe, over 100 days of war and we have a nuclear crisis there. how concerned are you about this? >> in early march it was a near miss. rounds got fired into the overall, if you will, compound of zaporizhzhia, the inner hodar nuclear reactor complex and came close to actually hitting something of high value, highly dangerous. so the iaea is very nervous now that there hasn't been, that there's no regulation, the ukrainians saying they need spare parts to operate, to fuel that these reactors, it is in a war zone, so all that together is quite dangerous if it goes in some horrific way, you've just hit, you know, it's just completely contaminated a bread basket and industrial area and the vapors would -- so it's big trouble. it's big worry. >> yeah, i mean obviously,

deeply, deeply concerning at this point and i know someone who has a family member who works at that plant, they're not even able to speak to them because ukrainians are still working there everyday even though russians control it. it's sort of unbelievable the black hole this situation is in. evelyn, it comes as russia has dozens of ships and subs in the black sea launching guided missiles from the black sea across ukraine. i mentioned what admiral, former commander general of nato said, that this is going to be the next front in the war. obviously this would greatly expand the war. what do you think? >> full disclosure, i worked for him when he was the supreme allied commander of nato. i agree that we are likely to see more war fair in the black sea, unless the international community gets more heavily involved, erin, and you've just given us two instances where we need the imagination, need the international community to come in with a coalition of the willing to force the russians to

allow nuclear inspectors into ukraine and to unblock the sea ports in ukraine because we need to get the grain out to the world community, as you covered elsewhere, you know, there is a shortage now of grain because of the war that russia is waging on ukraine. both of these things require international efforts to make sure that, you know, that the war doesn't continue to cause the impact that it has had globally and frankly, we need to bring it to a close as soon as possible. >> so general zwack, ukraine and russia, both state media announced yet another russian general was killed in the war, right, this is now being admitted to from both sides. obviously, another big blow to russia. we need to contextualize it now, though, because russia has suffered setbacks in the donbas, president zelenskyy says russia controls up to 20% of the sovereign independent country of ukraine so general, what does another russian general being killed now tell you?

>> well, it tells me that they pushed them up toward the front as we discussed a while ago because while the russians have a lot of man power, not of the best quality anymore, with a lot of artillery, they need people to push and motivate the troops and get things going because while the russians are making gains in the donbas and in the luhansk, they're incremental and it is an ugly fight. and this is going on all over the country. so they're being pushed forward, their communications security is lousy. they're getting, whether they're targeted by electronics or by snipers, yes, it is bad to lose 10, 11, 12 generals. it is extraordinary. >> yet, evelyn, when we talk beside this a month ago it was a very different context.

the context was russia's troops are ill-prepared, their morale is low, generals being killed left and right, ukraine is winning. yet here we are, somehow amidst all this, russia, according to president zelenskyy doubled its control of ukrainian territory over that time frame, 10% they took in 2014 in the occupied donbas and crimea and now zelenskyy says it's 20%. so who is winning right now, evelyn? >> well, erin, right now, would say that strategically, vladimir putin is losing and that, i would say ukraine has an edge operationally but tactically, neither side is winning and the reason why you see this difference now is because the warfare has changed. the terrain has changed. the russians are afraid to send their troops in as general zwack just said, they're using artillery to shred the city and see towns to pieces and only then will the russian troops go in because they're so afraid of

the ukrainians. ukrainians are at the moment, at a tactical disadvantage and operationally as well, because they lack the artillery, longer range artillery and missiles to shoot back at the russians but that's about to change as we know the u.s. government authorized providing some multiple rocket launcher missiles to the ukrainians and they're training them with this equipment and there's more equipment coming from other allies with similar longer range and this, this will change the equation. it's just a question of time and i think that's why the russians getting nervous, because time is not on their side. >> all right, thank you both very much for your perspective. and next, dr. preston phillips, one of the doctors killed in the tulsa mass shooting last week, a man who friends said was never on time because he was always spending time with patients. a long time friend of his is next. plus, 14 cancer patients took the same drug, now all in remission, tumors all gone, a

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tonight, ar-15 sales spiking in some parts of the country as democrats push for an assault weapons ban. one store in georgia, reporting assault rifle sales tripled last week. tripled, last week, with people lining up outside the door. comes as friends and family of the victims killed in tulsa medical center calling for change. police say the gunman bought his ar-15 on the very day of the attack where he killed four people targeting dr. preston phillips just days after phillips performed his back surgery. >> we have also found a letter on the suspect which made it clear that he came in with the intent to kill dr. phillips and anyone who got in his way.

he blamed dr. phillips for the on going pain following the surgery. >> "outfront" now, dr. peck, long-time friend of dr. phillips, did their medical residency together and their families were neighbors. so dr. peck, i begin by now just expressing how sorry i am for your unfathomable and, you know, some incomprehensible loss of your friend. a senseless tragedy. please tell me about him. what do you want the world to know about him? >> well dr. phillips, i first met dr. phillips in 1990 when he started his residency. i was a medical student and the first thing that shock you when meeting dr. phillips is his imposing stature. he was quite an imposing physical specimen. but that belies his very gentle nature. he was just a big teddy bear.

he soon became a mentor to me and gave me countless good advice. he was just the embodiment of what a physician should be. he was compassionate, caring, kind, selfless, and despite his aca academic accomplishments and accolades coming from harvard, through yale, he remained humble throughout the time i knew him because he never forgot his humble beginnings. so he was just the embodiment of what a physician should be. and i, i try to follow in his footstep and to emulate a lot of his qualities. >> dr. peck, you know, the

police say the gunman purchased that ar-15 style rifle on the day of the shooting, 2:00 p.m., right, less than three hours later he goes to the hospital and he kills multiple people including your dear friend, dr. phillips, another doctor, a receptionist, a patient, these are, as i said, unfathomable losses. it's impossible to understand this. dr. peck, what do you hope this country learns from his death? >> well, it's happening so frequently now, we tend to become numb. and look at these people as numbers, but the day i came home and heard about the tulsa shooting, i had been following the rob element after shooting in texas and so i was numb, you

know, i just like another shooting. it was not until the next day when my phone was inundated with this call that i found out it was my dear friend, dr. phillips and suddenly, this took on a whole different meaning when it's somebody that you know, it's your family member. and i just think something has to be done because we can no longer use minental health as a scapegoat, you know, yes, mental health is a very important problem that needs to be addressed. however, in all these mass shooting, rob elementary, sandy hook, columbine, the grocery store in buffalo, the synagog in pittsburgh, there is just one

common denominator and that is guns and the easy availability of guns and i think that has to be addressed and it's very sad that this has become a political issue because it should not be a political issue. it's a common sense issue. you know, nobody is -- i'm fully supportive of the second amendment, but what i'm not supporting of is someone being able to get a gun, walk into a shop, get a gun, and in a few minutes, walking out with an assault-style rifle. there have got to be more common sense approach to preventing these guns from getting in the hands of people who should never own these guns. >> well dr. peck, i appreciate you taking the time. i appreciate your speaking and sharing some of the real person, the real human of the loss of your friend and a terrible loss it was. thank you so much, doctor.

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certainly remarkable. from your perspective, how remarkable is the outcome you observed? >> it's absolutely incredible. we didn't expect it. we certainly have never seen this before. it's really what, you know, cancer doctors dreams are made of to see a response like this. such incredible efficacy with really almost no toxicity. our patients feeling great after the treatment with completely normal body function in something like rectal cancer where normally our therapies are really quite toxic so it's absolutely incredible. >> can you tell me more about the drug, i understand it's called dostarlimab and why you think it worked? >> so it's an immunotherapy and works by unlocking the body's natural immune system to fight cancer and this type of therapy works in specific cancer cells in rectal that mismatch

deficient so they lack a gene that enables them to repair dna and because of that have many mutation and see the immune system recognizes the cancer is foreign so when we give immunotherapy like dostarlimab it revs up the immune system so it sees the cancer and gets rid it have but what's remarkable here is it completely eliminated the cancer. the tumors vanished in all 14 consecutive patients. normally, when this is used in colorectal cancer in patients with advanced disease happens in about 10% of patients and here it's 110000% so that's striking here after just six months of therapy. >> so doctor, could this be a broader use. i mean you're talking rectal cancer specifically but, you know, any other type of cancer? >> absolutely, that's our goal. the idea here is that we move this therapy from advanced disease into early stage disease and clearly, we're seeing

increased sensitivity when the tumors are early stage when they are in their organ where they begin. so our goal is to replicate this in other solid tumors such as staumic cancer, pancreas cancer and bladder cancer that are mismatch repair deficient where they have this potential sensitivity to immunotherapy and can have huge implications as it did with these 14 patients where they didn't need radiation and doesn't need surgery. we may be able to achieve that as well in patients with stomach cancer where surgery may not be needed if they have the same type of really remarkable response suspect. >> well doctor, i really appreciate your time in explaining this. i know it's obviously 14 people and i don't want to blow it out of proportion but the headline itself is pretty stunning, as you point out, remarkable, thank you so much for taking the time to explain it. >> thank you so much for having me, it's really exciting .

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surviving politically, prime minister boris johnson wounded tonight in his political career after a remarkably close no confidence vote, as he's been under intense criticism from scandals under lock down breaking parties he has held, while the rest of britain was banned from attending nfunerals never mind parties. >> reporter: this was the moment boris johnson's future as prime minister held in the balance. >> having confidence in his seat was 211 votes and vote against was 148 votes. >> reporter: boris johnson survived the vote but just barely, 148 mps wanted him out, dangerously close to a majority. a damning result, even closer than hpredecessor got in 2018,

she also survived a confidence vote, ruling britain without the support of her own party proved mission impossible. she ended up resigning just a few months later. nevertheless, boris johnson said the result was a sign to move on and he shunned away from the idea of a snap election. >> a very good result for politics and for the country, it just -- i do, just in this sense, i think it's a convincing result, decisive result and what it means is as a government, we can move on and focus on the stuff i think really matters . >> reporter: opposition leader, though, offering a harsher read into the vote. >> the british public are fed up with the prime minister who promised but never delivers. concerned mps made their choice tonight, they have ignored the british public. >> reporter: polls showing a

majority of brits agree boris johnson should resign over the so-called party gate. damning street gathering at the height of the pandemic and lock downs. if teresa may's fate is anything to go by, boris might not see his term toward its end. the question of who might take his place is already in the air, twoft three names circling as possible replacements from johnson's own cabinet, chancellor shunak and secretary liz truss third could be jeremy hunt, secretary who voted against boris in the confidence vote. prime minister may have survived another day but not unscathed. the question now, how badly wounded is he? how will this disguised defeat shake his own party and just how long will he last? >> it really has been quite a spectacle here in west minister, in the bars, waiting for the

outcome of this vote and i have to say those out to get him aren't that disappointed. they've left the prime minister wounded, effectively clinging to power and looking for more opportunities now to finish him off. so the last couple of years, really testing for boris johnson. i think the next six months will be even more so, erin. >> as you point out with the history of teresa may only lasting a few months after, as you point out, a disguised defeat. thank you so much and thank you to all of you being with us, "ac 360" starts now. good evening, we are waiting for word from bipartisan group of four senators trying to reach agreement on some gun legislation, chris murphy, kristen sinema, representing arizona, connecticut and texas that have seen some of the country' worst mass shootings over the years. this afternoon, senator cornin, lead republican negotiator said the group might have, quote, something, unquote, after their meeting tonight, exactly